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A new album by Dodgy has been a long time coming but 'Stand Upright In A Cool Place' is well worth the wait. The first album of new songs from the original line-up since the platinum selling Free Peace Sweet ( Good Enough , Found You , If You re Thinking Of Me ). This new album is deeper and more mature but with bigger choruses and stronger melodies, recorded over the summer of 2011 in an old farmhouse in Malvern and mixed by Matt Pence (Midlake, John Grant) in Texas, Already generating positive press response, Word Magazine just one of those saying Better than they were before - and they were great then Not wishing to rest on their laurels, Dodgy have already completed a series of live dates in October, Nov and December of 2011, previewing the new album in it s entirety, to enthusiastic audience response all of which points to early encouraging signs for this album.

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For those of us who enjoyed the Britpop era, Dodgy were right there in the middle of it all (I remember a classic Glastonbury set in 1997), with the massively popular "Good Enough" from the "Free Peace Sweet" album. Despite writing some of the best pop songs of the 90s, it went sour for the trio briefly, until word spread of a reunion and a comeback album.

If you are expecting it to be all ballsy harmonies and brass band-tastic, then this will surprise you. The opening track, Tripped and Fell, is a melancholy spaced out intro, but What Became Of You brings back memories of classic 90s tunes, but with a more laid back tone.

We Try exposes the harmonies to be slightly less crisp than they used to be, and they certainly aren't up there with Fleet Foxes or The Staves any more. But the quality of the songwriting is still there throughout the album, and the impression is that Dodgy have returned to writing songs that they want to play, rather than try and create music the record companies think they want us to hear. And this is always a good thing.

I had written Dodgy off to the vaults of history a long time ago, and i thought that they had died a death with the break up, and then the 'new Dodgy' Real Estate album confirmed to me that Dodgy were gone forever. So i was very surprised to have this pop up whilst i was looking through some of their cd singles of old. I was apprehensive at first, and not overly excited if i'm completely honest... But am more than happy to say that i was completely wrong, by a country mile.

This is a fantastic album, in fact i think that it's their best album to date. If you're after a modern day 'Prey For Drinking' or 'Trust In Time' then you won't find it here. What you will find however, is a band that have matured and chilled out a bit, but they can still put passion into songs and can still kick out some great 'So Let Me Go Far' esque riffs.

Personal highlights for me are What Became Of You, Did It Have To Be This Way, Raggedstone Hill, and Back Of You. There's no filler on here though, it's a great album. If you liked Dodgy last time around, then you need to own this album.

I saw Dodgy and had their albums in the 90s and had consigned them to history along with their Britpop contemporaries.However I stumbled upon this album and gave it a go.I was pleasantly surprised,the style is a bit less poppy and is more mature and thoughtful.For some reason this band have lays been a bit underrated in my book but this is a strong album and deserves a listen

I love Dodgy. They are great at a laid-back ballady-type song but this album is filled with them. Could have done with a lively number or two on there. Free Peace Sweet was a belter and whilst it's pleasant enough this album just doesn't match up to it for me. I'm sure others would disagree.

After buying over the last decade the back catalogue of Dodgy albums, I was suprised to see this latest one, just when I thought that the group had finished. And what an album, classy, chilled, with that Dodgyness still there but slightly matured and all the better for it! Not a medoicre track on this, the harmony is great, the guitars perfect! Keep up the work and shine a light in the murk of todays music scene!!

My first experience of Dodgy was in 1993 when I first heard Water Under The Bridge on the radio and I was instantly hooked. I only heard the song a couple more times over the airwaves and I don't think it even made the charts, but that was ok (although the song desreved much better) because I now had my copy of "The Dodgy Album" and had discovered a great band who only continued to improve over the coming years and then. all too soon, sadly disbanded. Now, nearly 20 years later, I am sitting listening to this latest offering and the quality and subtlety of both the musicianship and songwriting is simply mindblowing. Nigels voice too is perfect for the songs and I have to say that this is the best album I have listened to in a long, long time. I'm not quite sure how Dodgy have remained relatively unrecognised because they are without any doubt a top notch act. If anyone needs proof of how good they are, please buy this album!!